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BAKI-DOU: THE INVINCIBLE SAMURAI
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Japan's largest indoor stadium,
Tokyo Dome.
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It's rumored
that deep underneath this facility,
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hidden from the world
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is the Korakuen,
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the Dome's secret
underground fighting arena.
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Above ground, there have been
many martial arts booms in the past.
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Regardless of the ebb and flow
of those tides,
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this venue has always been filled
with an audience.
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The reason being the chosen members
who are invited here all know this truth,
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this is the place where you'll see
the strongest in the world.
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Even from back here, I can feel it.
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That never-changing air of excitement.
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It's only natural.
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The Warring States era
versus the dinosaur era.
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This is where you come
to see the strongest on Earth.
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What?!
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Hold on! What in the blazes?
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What?!
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They can be understood at a single glance.
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Their sense of ability
immediately recognizable.
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I see, I see.
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They're not here out of mere interest.
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Nor for the sake of curiosity.
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They have all chosen this way of life
filled with blood and sweat.
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And they found
that it's their natural duty
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to bear witness to this match.
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They want to see a battle of strength,
not a public execution.
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They want to see a duel,
not some spectacle of bloodshed.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
do not underestimate him!
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Huh?
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The natural enemy of the Tyrannosaurus!
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Here he is.
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Are you going to let yourself
be shamelessly cut down?
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It... it stopped?
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Has Musashi's sword been held back?
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Such impressive power!
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His anger-hardened facial muscles
and primitive upper body strength
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stopped Musashi's blade,
holding it in place!
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Ah...
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Fortress of muscle! Bravo, indeed!
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Is it just over?
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A demon with an iron club.
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Musashi's sword. Pickle picked it up!
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Will he use his massive strength
to swing that weapon?
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The sword. Where'd it go?
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- He stuck it...
-...in the ground?!
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No!
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He sliced it.
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He sliced down, vertically!
Right into the earth!
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Massive strength.
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- He's on his feet!
- I didn't even notice!
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A muscle fortress that can stop a sword.
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Even I haven't seen that.
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My blade, which can cut a helmet in two,
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was blocked by your bones,
and held between your muscles.
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To think bodies like this exist.
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The sword came out of my hand.
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An impact so strong, I didn't even notice.
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I laid there waiting.
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Waiting for the next attack.
But nothing happened.
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Which comes as no surprise.
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Pickle has become a sword fighter now.
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What a bore.
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The pressure is gone.
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What follows is an episode
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from when the author interviewed
a famous martial artist.
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The words that he heard even shocked him.
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An opponent with a blade
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poses little threat
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because that opponent uses only blades.
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It was a very memorable line.
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Though he may be a fortress of muscle...
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...there are still many places I can cut.
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I'll shave off the edges.
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As I expected. He cut his corners.
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Both elbows,
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both shoulders,
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and both knees.
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Severed!
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Like cutting fingers,
or even cutting legs.
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A technique that doesn't exist
in modern kendo.
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Not using the simple, wooden shinai,
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but using real steel blades.
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That's how this technique can work.
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This is true swordsmanship.
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This is true swordsmanship.
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When we martial artists show off
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techniques against weapons
to the public, it's different.
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Those simple, clearly telegraphed,
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and harmonized movements of the sword
can't be performed here.
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In tonight's arena,
they fight dirty, nasty slashes.
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Unscrupulous techniques
used without hesitation.
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Now, that's the real deal,
what real swordsmanship is like.
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How truly astonishing.
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Every area that I slashed,
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every last one should have been severed,
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but I only wounded you deeply.
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That bleeding won't stop,
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and you'll eventually lose consciousness,
and then I will claim victory.
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Hmm...
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Unsportsmanlike, though.
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Now as I expected.
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Lateral,
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vertical,
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longitudinal.
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The methods of cutting in two
in a single blow.
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Might sound funny coming from me,
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but Musashi better realize
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just how incredible the primitive body is.
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I found the answer!
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How the steely fortress of muscle becomes
the soft skin of tofu.
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Come and have your feast, Pickle.
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{\an8}Come and feed on me
to your heart's content.
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No more dawdling. Do it now!
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That fortress of muscle
is about to exert his maximum power.
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But before that, right before that moment,
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the muscle, just before becoming steel,
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is as soft as tofu.
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The moment before a throw.
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The moment before a jump.
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The moment before a punch.
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That's when the muscle tissue
is at its softest.
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Before it's at its strongest,
it's at its weakest.
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Now!
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Shit! It's over.
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He's finished.
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Both of you warriors, well done.
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- Mr. Tokugawa.
- Huh?
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Kureha.
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The winner's been decided. It's over.
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That's enough, isn't it?
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Kureha, determination of the winner
belongs to those two parties alone.
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Our part is simply to call the match,
once it's reached a conclusion.
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Those are the rules as written.
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Hmm?!
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I have been eaten.
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You little devil.
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Well, it's no wonder.
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After all, Pickle ate Director Katsumi.
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Taste good?
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My flesh?
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You're covered head to toe in blood
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with deep wounds all across your body,
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and I don't feel bad about it at all.
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I took note of all your movements,
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reading the signals of your muscles,
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while also timing your breathing.
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- He's eating him.
- Devouring while covered in blood.
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Now, in this situation...
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Hmm...
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The neck, perhaps.
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Hey, Pickle.
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There's no way there's enough nourishment
in such a small morsel.
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Now the head!
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Try chowing down on this.
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He didn't understand these words,
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but he could sense the feelings.
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He was being underestimated.
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Hmm? Oh!
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He's starting to change.
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Hurry it up!
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Oh!
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Is he human?
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You'd like me to define "danger"?
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Well, I'd say It's something
that brings us fear or threatens us.
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One wouldn't be wrong
to think of it in that fashion.
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That which threatens us physically
or mentally,
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or in some cases,
that which threatens both,
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we perceive as "dangers."
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So, then, what kinds of locations
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could be described
as being dangerous places?
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First, let's consider physical dangers.
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For example, during a typhoon,
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you shouldn't go to a pier
where big waves are crashing
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as that would be extremely dangerous.
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Another example is a volcano.
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A vigorously active caldera,
filled with boiling lava.
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Why, I can't think
of anything more dangerous.
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Few can survive it,
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and those men and women
who have returned from those dangers
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are often regarded as heroes.
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If that is the case,
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then by simply knowing
such a dangerous place,
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one might well be worthy
of the hero title as well.
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And that's because
the person I am thinking of
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escaped from a very,
very dangerous place indeed.
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{\an8}From inside of the mouth
of a Tyrannosaurus Rex,
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with its sharp fangs
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and an immeasurable masticatory force.
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A place no other man has survived!
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I believe, I see. You're no mere human.
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- His figure.
- He transformed.
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What just happened?
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Doping?
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The final form!
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And just in time!
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Even a ninja would not change this much.
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Perhaps a ghost.
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No matter. Come.
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Not since I fought the giant ape in Hida.
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Hmm.
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Those great muscles have grown stronger.
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Astoundingly, even the blood
has ceased flowing.
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This man is a specter after all.
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I can cut as much as I want.
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And I can't help but love cutting.
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Once I'm offered the chance to cut,
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I tend to slash excessively.
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It's a bad habit of mine.
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In truth, it's unnecessary.
One slash should suffice.
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But I don't want to let go of this chance,
the opportunity to cut freely.
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In my former matches,
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when an opponent would fall
before me from a single blow,
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I would think,
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"Get up, please!"
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"I wish for you to fight me again."
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Being cut again and again.
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Is there not a body
that can withstand that?
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Cutting again and again.
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Even after ten cuts, is there a body
that would never fall?
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This world is vast and profound.
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And thusly, first slash, second slash,
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third slash, fourth slash,
fifth slash, and sixth slash.
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How many chances
will he give me to cut him?
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How far will I be allowed
to slash him apart?
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In that moment,
what came to mind for Pickle was...
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...this feeling.
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A feeling distinct from anything else.
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A feeling dissimilar
from any other opponent.
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It was bad, quick, and painful.
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The pain!
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This... this thing?
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Once before,
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he made the mistake
of tossing it into his mouth,
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and his mouth erupted in pain.
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It was him.
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But his figure had transformed.
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Now he had stingers for arms.
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What's more, he even used
the technique of a butterfly
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to evade oncoming attacks.
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No longer did he wish to consume.
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Cut, carved up,
he'd lost his will to fight.
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He'd lost his appetite.
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He'd had enough.
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Hey there!
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What on earth?
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He didn't need to eat him anymore.
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He didn't want to eat him anymore.
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Is he giving up?
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No, Pickle.
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Where are you going
in the middle of a fight?
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The match is over!
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Think I'll let you go?
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Oh!
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You would openly tremble
in the face of your enemy?
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I have no desire to cut a man
who's shivering and stationary.
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Huh?
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Letting out a sound like that
without a care,
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then making his escape on all fours.
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Hmm...
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Truly a wild thing.
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He fled?
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It's over, then.
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He... And no medical treatment either.
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Pickle!
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Where are you going?
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You're as stupid as you look.
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You should've tried to run away earlier.
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That man may be a monster,
but he is far from a warrior.
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The wild animal runs from one art of war.
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You leave the rest to me.
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And it takes shelter in another.
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Which is superior?
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Motobe, you're up.
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What a glorious and happy day this is.
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I've been chasing dreams...
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and fucking around for decades now.
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Tonight, it finally all pays off.
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I'll celebrate this
in a mist of fine sake.
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I... Izo?
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What?!
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Hmm?
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Hold on, I know you.
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Good evening.
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It's nice to see you again.
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Oh, Tokugawa! How considerate of you.
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Mm, but...